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Re:Why Do Colleges Give Honorary Degrees? by sampo on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @01:34AM (#10121255)
> I do wonder how/when these started.

This article should answer your question. It was recently posted (har har har) in HN:

http://priceonomics.com/why-do-colleges-give-out-honorary-de...

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